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DAILY EVENING EDITION DAILY EVENING EDITION WEATHER Tonight .in.) S.iturd i: fair; w inner 1'ESTKRDAYS WEATHER DAT. Maximum temperature, x. mini mum 41 ; rainfall. 0, wind Weal, light; $ 3 TO ADV ERTISERS. Tel KRHt Orejealai lis the largest bona Ml nnd guarauteed paid clr.'idatlun of anv imprt In Oregon, ''ait tit Portland tod If tat the largest circulation la Pendleton of uuy newspaper. ar .'father, clear CITY OFFICIAL PAPER COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER VOL. 28 DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, l'RJDAY, JULY 28, 1916. NO. 8873 I ' 4aaMnaiaaaaWMtaMMM TERRIRG HEAT WAVE OF MIDDLE WEST IS DUE TO REACH PACIFIC COAST WITHIN NEXT FEW DAYS Excessive High Press ure Area is Heading Westward With No Relief in Sight. 44 DEATHS IN24 HOURS Chicago Victims Num ber 26 During Single Night; Spell Longest on Record. W AHIHN't.Tov lal 2D. i li- wou-thi-r bureau held out little !' fcf tin- middle wmn )ii) ii- icrririo boat ol pad few da would end. The ) iti. mat, it i" said "in ""' rmrrlfl' n uliniiriiuill warm sia-ll nun be RXpeCtHl In the ihiii-m- ir a few daga A Bermudu high" is the. official cause of tbi VOftl heat wan. that ha i nvi loped the eoiiniry In fifteen years Tranalated fruiii the cryptic language ..f the weather sharps this means that a (tri al arc i .f high pfWIUrf air has I.e. n mussing ihc weather drill ground In 'he Atlantic nrr Bermada for Ihe last month and now has let Ko the fall power of the offensive from in Habaard to Um rocky mountains For week II ha flood like a SOttd wall against heated current trying vainly to move out ..f the Interior over the owaa and apa an it wiris rfpiiG I along ii i" RtbtM i. ' ami moli. ture from the tropics and sweeping them northward over the continent In to the vacuum of so-called pressure afaai AltJHWfll Itx greatest inten ally haw not yet "truck the Pacific const ii l expected I" to "ithln the next few days No relief la promised from this who)' in the MM ha caused swelter ing citi. dweller to light flrea In their home to dry out the humidity, or In ihe Mississippi valley In threatening to deatro) mtlUonj of dollars w..rth ot rood crop". Chief Porecnster Frunk enfleld said toda that the heal wave had only began, it i certain t. eon- nnu. through, the week and prohahlv On i None of the condltlona es sential to a break up are vet ivMent Th. relief which often come from the nnrthweet i nowhere in sight During all this month Forecaster Prat ikl nfleld any the h-use liodv of high pressure atmosphere has bean lathering over the v.. -stern Atlantic ft Florida io New Poundland and . aM la the Azores. It 1 very heavy in weight, Heavy air always flowea to a place occuile. by light air hut unfortunately there is at present an area of light air In Ihe tropics. When Ihe heavy air arrive there It find there is still lighter air over the con tinent So It moves north In an en ormolu sweep, burning hot from the tropica and heavy laden with een horna humtdtty, it is distributing this baa) and humidity over all the conti nental United Stale til What officials caii ihe "Bermuda high." The air In -the middle west in be coming much heavier and it limy form a local center where the air current will clash in a series of thunder storm affording speedy relief through a readjustment of the area of tilth pressures. I CHICAGO, July 28 Twenty (til died last night of the heat, bringing: th. lotal to 44 during the last 24 hours. Government records show the pres ent heat wave Is Ihe longest since 1 s 7 1 as fur back as the records go ! The hottest spot In the United ! Stales yesterday w-rs Qulncy, 111., where Ml was registered. Pontine. I III . registered 104. There were plent j of '.lO's. Laundry Men Will Come to Round-Up in Special Train The members of the Northwest i Uound-l'p on the return home This Laundlf Maa'g association are PAW I WOUld Include Ihe visitors and mem inaklng preparations to attend thulbers from Seattle, Tacoma. Portland Uoiind-Up. September 21, 22 and 23, 1 and oilier cities and also a special car in a special train. Word to this ef- of the Spokane laundrymen who fed was received this morning by J. would come down this far with the K Uoblnson of tho Domestic Uiun dry from A. C. Ciillan, assistant sec i I iry The Inlerstnte meeting of tho asso-1 ad by Ihe Round-Cp io nil Ihe clubs clattea will be held m Hpokane Sep-.and members to be hero for the 1916 i. inber 18 and 19, and It is proopsed show and there Is no doubt but thf Ii bring all the members In a special1 special train will lie made up at s)pn .'own through Pendleton for the. lane for the trio. DEVELOPER OF SUMMER LAKE ASKS MORE TIME J. C. Moore Want State Land Board to Delay Forfeiture of $10,000 Bond. SALEM, Ore, July. 28. In asking the member of the stute land board t.. delay declaring forfeited the 110, ouo which he baa on deposit with the state to insure the carrying out of the terma of hla lease of Summer and Albert lakes. In eastern Oregon, Ja son C Moore, of New York, through C, A. Sheppard of I'urtland. his at torney, today Informed the board that he had hopes of raising SI 5,000 soon to complete his $26, "00 bond as re quired. The board probably will take no action toward formall) forfeiting the $10, "00 to the stale for the pres ent. Mr. Moore notified Mr Sheppard that he has almost arranged to get $100,000 lor development of the lakes and to pa) Ihe $15,000 due on the bead, It, alio advised his attorney that h.- expects to obtain 1400, UOU more to have on hand when needed. The people who have tentatively agreed to put up this money." wrote Mr Sheppajd. in telling Ihe board o) the status ..I affa.rs, "are making an Investigation according io Mr. atoora'g report, an to how soon the machinery can be supplied. They are a 1 lilt- fearful that it will be wholly impossible to get machinery on ac count of so many faotoriea being given ov.-r to the manufacture of roreign munition." WIFE, 2 CHILDREN ASPHYXIATED s.1 UOfJla MAN hl.s PflOM HIA Mlll.il UN llMUil i 1 IM FAMILY DEAD. .ST UHJM July :. William Uilchle. after sleelng on the veranda laat night broke Into hla home und found his wile. Sarah, and two chil dren asphyxiated, Unx wns pouring rri.m a bake oven. Illtchle agreed with the pulloa that hl wife had killed herell' and chil dren, When he returned late Thurs da all the doom and windows were locked He Slept on the porch. Awakened by the smell of gas this morning he went to the front door and forced It. QER.M PJiATKD OVBR VKII 111 N BBRUN, Julv 2 The enemy can not boast It has progressed, dc i lured the official statement referring to the Itrlti-h attacks at Pozicrcs. The attacks at Pox!eres. southeast of Four i mil wood were broken Hitter hand-to-hand fighting occurred in Iingue Mil and Heiviiie wood. E. P, M'CORMACK DROPS DEAD AT SALEM HOME SAl.EM. July 2k E. P. IfoOor meofc, capitalist, dropped dead here at 7 o'clock this morning of heart trouble. He was a neavy landholder throughout the state. He was born In Illinois. NEWS SUMMARY (ioneral. Mint wave due on coast, Motor i rucks mire In border mud. Ilomb su-iH-cp. In custody. Germans firm in Verdun. IeoaL Two Pendleton men C") 1ovllle reservation land, laundry men to eoaac here in spe cial train. pari y. Special Invitations have been ex tended by Mr. Uoblnson and second- GERMAN MASTERY OF VERDUN ROBS FRENCH SUCCESS Teuton Attacks in That Sector Ball1 Chance to Cooperate With British Thrust. NOTHING LIVES IN AR60NNE Pace r ijai-th literally uiowu off ..o. l rook marked Willi Sliell t ra tciv itodics, 0f ttrxiraita .Vre Drill od on Hillsides and Schooled In Hand Urenado Attacks. (Carl Ackerman. i WITH HERMAN'S AT VERDUN (Via Berlin, Lsindon.i -Uermany'i mastery here has robbed the French Of the greatest chance to cooperate In Ihe allied drive. Had the French positions not been attacked here, the Prench cottld hummer simultaneous ly erlth tin iiritlsh thrust. German officers say the main thing b not whether Verdun is taken, but Whether the Teuton remain masters Traveling along the uernian front. 1 Und the opinion is the war will laal . long time. French bravery rn the under ground trenches, .-aid a stuff officer, what prevented toe Germans cap turing Verdun. Ten miles each side of Verdun the face of the eurth la iitcruily blown ofi and pockmarked with shell cra ters, some holes being fifty feel deep From obeervailoni on a fourteen hour journey walking tad riding over this enormous battlefield. 1 am convinced the Anglo-French offensive has not affected the Herman positions here. Preparations befoAj. Verdun have temporal il halted on orders from German head.iuarters The Argonne forest has been rob bed of all llv ng th ug- for ten miks on each side of the t rgtich behind the lines 1 todies of recruits are being dr. lied on the hillsides and schooled In hand grenade attacks from the old line trenches, captured long ago. Hughes Charles Evans Hughes nominee for president of Stales, will make a tour in August and will speak republican I the Unit I if the coast " 1 oilland 1 Snlem some time Between Auguatlan attempt will be. made by lending ind 10, according to an announce-1 Pendleton Men I Lucky Numbers Get In Colville Drawing Two Pendleton men. Morris A Hlgby and liert Peterson, were am-1 ..ng the eucoeeiful applicants whose names were drawn in Ihe Colvlila res ervation laud drawing at Spokane yesterdaj Mr. Kigby's number 'was HI and Mr. l'etrson-s name was 191 in the list of drawings. There were slightly more than 9t,-1 OOu applicants who filed, many of' whom came from the east to regis ter. One Indiana man. Joseph Mills.' was su. cesaful in being given the right to choose a parcel of the land, i Messrs. Kigby and Peterson -say they, will probably both reside on the land! in Ihe near future. Mr. Kigby Is a well known dairyman and Mr. I'eter j son has been connected with the City and McLean Auto Companies for the past few years. A number of Walla Walla people were successful in the drawing and Two several l.a Cran.le people appear in names were mentioned and no indi Ihe lucky I -at Spokane names were' tatj,,n Kven which on.- of the aus- drawn lirst, fourth and fifth. Predicts Normal Bill Will Carry By a Two to One Vote in State That the measure providing tor ..itinal m hool at Pendle 1 carry b) a two to one the opinion of I J- Alien extension department oi '., who is now in this ;n connect on with the of the I). A. count industrial club work. In t lie line of work be is fol knrlltf Mr. Allen travels all over the state ami comes into particular contact with school paople, He sa. s he finds the school element is unanimous lor another formal and agree ing ii should be located at Pen dleton He iia-es his prediction of success for the measure largely on Ihe fact the need Is Imperative and the facta prett) well recognised to Be in Oregon Soon nicni mad chairman i by Charles L McNary. the Republican state oen- commute. Provide i Justice Hughes paaaes ii the I'nlon Pacific ayaten. through 1 ,:! republican! to have him make POLICE BELIEVE BOMB PLOTTERS ARE III CUSTODY Explosion Not Result of Anarchistic! Scheme as at First Thought! Suspects Examined. RAILWAY WORKERS VICTIMS satin-day s Ipmib Was Intended to Kx plodo in Hanks of ) nited Kailroad I .inplovc- I), tails of Information arc Siiiipre-v-Ml by Authorities. SAX FRANCISCO, July 28 Chief White. Captain Matheson and District Attorney Fickert have announced the belief that thev have in custody the j men responsible for the bomb outrage which cost ihe liv. nine. No pacta now held is the leader. They agree the explosion was not the res suit of an anarchistic plot. Pleketl has announced he has in-, formation thai Saturday's bomb was 'd to explode in the ranks of the 1'nited Railroads employes marching io Ihe parade. He denied that Thomas and delivery of poles and equipment dun by which trucks with supplies Ifooney arrested last night was in hi- )s promised so that Installation can! whirl to Verdun on one half of a cir wife'l studio when the explosion 00-1 be completed within seven weeks. The'cle, returning on the other half would mrred. He claims to know Where 1 busineaa men and property owners' be utterly impossible. No American Uooney waa at that time. He contin ued senting the suspects. He first examined Warren Billings, who the police believe already has laid the fi indation for the revelation of oortant Information, James Crockett said he saw Hillings on the roof of the Kerry Kxchang.- saloon before the ex plosion and identified the brown clothes taken from Killing's room as the suit worn by Killings on the roof. The possibility of extracting the oil from cherr pita, to be used for flavoring, la rece.vlng attention from cherry growers in the northwest'. The i 'range fling peach growers of California have been offered 125 per i..n lor their crop, but are holding cut for 13. 50. - . Miort platform speed reared thai probably ttv hel jus come west to Callforata. speak at points north is fir as Portland and then proceed to Scuttle. A number of Pendleton men ire planning to go to Mr. linguae s '. -ik U. S. MOTOR TRUCKS HELPLESS IN THE VALLEY OF RIO GRANDE American Operations on Border Al most Paralyzed by the Lack of Fit Roads; INo Matter What Emergency Supplies Could Not be Moved. UNIT LIGHT SYSTEM FOR BAKER STREETS Single Pole is Decided Upon as Being the Moat Up-to-Date Illumination. RAKISH, ore., July 28. At a con ference between members of a com mittee chosen at a meeting of bust- "ess men, who subscribed to the fund to purchase ornamental lighting poles for the business section, and the city commissioners, the single unit sys tem pole was selected as being the most up-to-date type of ornamental pole, which is supplanting other types in some of the larger cities. This de cision was reached despite the fact that the original plans contemplated the cluster system. The poles aril be ordered at once, Pay for the poles and the city bears the installation cost and will furnish the power from the municipal plant The poles of the Eastern Oregon lm-Uignt & power company on the west side of Main street, the only ones now marring the business section, will probably be removed soon. GUARDSMEN ANGRY WHEN SHERIFF STOPS FIGHT Seat Sale for Gary and Good man Battle Had Net ted $1200. SAN ANTONIO, July 28. National guardsmen were angry today because the sher:ff stopped arrangements f,.r the fight between Tommy Gary of Chicago and Dannie Goodman of the first Illinois cavalry. The advance sale netted 1200. GERMAN DIVERS REPORTED III BATTLE WITH BRITISH PATROLS BERLIN, July 28. The Dutch' newspaper Handehrvlai reports a na--val battle betw een several German j submarines and the British patrol boats Nellen Nutten, Onward and Eve. The Nellen and Nutten sank. Three sailors were killed The Eve and onward it is supposed were rank with their news. l CLOSING BIDS ARE OFF ONE CENT TODAY Range of Chicago Prices High er Than Yesterday; Port land Weak. CHICAGO. July 28. (8 I the East Oregoaian. ) Rani to pf ! ces today: Open High. Close I Julv $1,224 H UM I1.M pept .... 11.14 ll-Ha 11 Portland. PORTLAND Ore.. July 28 (Spe laJ.) Club, s3; bluestem. $1.04. Blydrastetn Business tirowm. Fourteen shipments of flour side of Umatilla county were oui- nade H. B dens elll. U Deal testifying to the growing volume of trade for the new local plant. All the towns ..f 1'matilla county are now handling th. Biydanatain pastry flour and dietary flour. Among outside towns handling the flour are Walla Walla. Lit Grande. Baker, Elgin and j North Powder Many unsolicited or ders are being received by Mr. My-denstein. First Wheat of Season Here, Harvest Soon in Full Blast Within a week or ten days 1'ma tilla county will be buzzing w.th th.' hum of the combine harvester Al ready barley is liemg cut close to Pendleton b) number of farmers The first Wheal of the season w '. bro ught to 1'en.Betou yesterday bv lYank Hard) who rarms the former Swantcy Anderson pnce In OwOtJlba Canyon The wheat tested between ilj and 'i'i pound and Is a f ile heal thy color Mr. Hardy reports he will have a very good yield considering th. late season. Among those who are .utting bar (By WtUUun G. Sheperd.j M K 1; LliKs. Texas, July 11. The A men cat) army of fifty thousand Ilea as helpless in the lower Rio Grande today as an angleworm in a Jug of molaasea. in a dispatch car Lieuten ant Huncaster. chief of the new mo torcar machine gun squadron, rods 50 miles along the ilio Grande front today. The folly of equipping the army with trucks after the European fash ion, not having European roads la seen every half a mile. I tried to Im agine I was riding along one of the European fronta. Su. h eights as are to be seen at no European front were common. A rain such as toaay's would have made no difficulties on any European fiont but almost paralyzed the Amer icana General reruns thirty mile frying circle of motortrucks at Ver general could have whirled anywhere j today, no matter how budly he waa , needed The European war could not be conducted on roads like these TO TAKE ON lA NEW PILOT FOR NOME DASH COliKMA.V Wilt) BROUGHT MEH OHANTKAM I P KITKH is NOT AVAILABLE. BALTIMORE, July 28. When the Deutschland prepared to take a pilot from the Maryland Pilots' Associ ation, that organization said that Pi lot Coleman who brought her up the river was out of town and not avail able. Captain Culluison of the tug Timmins wants Coleman, but the rules of the association require that the first man out must lie taken, which means the first on the pilots list. A twenty -four hour crew now aboard the Tim mins giving the Impression that the Deutschland's stay Is short. She may lay over in the lower bay before run ning the patrol. BRONX CAR STRIKE CLAIMS FIRST LIFE ISKAkl PAILS VM IK PLUNGES DOWN 1111,1, KILLING (INK INJURING TUG) I NEW YORK. July 28 The stnk" which has tied up surface care at Bronx. Westchester county and threat ens to extend throughout Manhattan claimed its first life today when a brake on one car failed to work. Tro car -and trailer idunged downhill and Splintered against a subway pillar, killing the motorman H Horn, a strike breaker and injuring two policemen and a strikebreaker. i'rui-h Cantata Executed a BERLIN. July 28. Captain Frayatt of the English steamer v Brussels arai execute.) for at- tempting to ram :. attbn 'rine on 4 V! u h IS, I'll . ley ina will Caapi ogn ley. K Goodale Mr I m ud Dava Nei.iou. a mil. north waai of town i"an cutlaaaj ..ata it is believed the wh PmatiUa county will be mal In some s.- tloaa above average wh I.- in Ihe crop will be a little b Hi n Tr .in m-H it mi,,: and a hi!' I linger at rop in S boat nor. the rtald la iher aeaata, low jior ajal en filled out tM mii.er.or .' oca lag in.- ,r 'tooling ii The gr im head have r. hard and plump tin! i ooalii will so tat In ov. iose n until i. the i n k i the siuing
